PM Modi delivered his last Mann ki Baat radio show for the 2014-2019 government. Hosting the second Mann Ki Baat programme for 2019, PM Modi said this is last-time he will be addressing the nation via radio broadcast till 2019 general-elections. He said since he will be contesting the 2019 LS-polls, he cannot host any more Mann Ki Baat programmes till elections are over.

Private FM channels will be allowed to broadcast All India Radio news in English and Hindi after the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting today launched the facility. The FM channels will have to carry the AIR news in an unaltered format and the service will be available free of cost on a trial basis till May 31 this year.